Ben Tillett

Benjamin "Ben" Tillett (11 September 1860-27 January 1943) was the Labour MP for Salford North from 1917 to 1924 (succeeding William Pollard Byles and preceding Samuel Finburgh) and from 1929 to 1931 (succeeding Finburgh and preceding John Patrick Morris).

Biography
Benjamin Tillett was born in Bristol, England in 1860, and he left home at the age of 8 and, after taking on various jobs, entered the Royal Navy at the age of 13. He was a docker in the 1880s, and became an active trade unionist. He was influential in the London Dockers' Strike of 1889, and organized the national dock strike of 1911. He was one of the founders of the Labour Party, which he represented in Parliament for North Salford from 1917 to 1924 and from 1929 to 1931. He was President of the Trades Union Congress from 1929 to 1931, and he was remembered as a great orator.